Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 107, 1 June 1908 — Page 2

i'AGE TWO..

THE RICHMOND PA LLA D I U 31 AM) SU.VTELEGRAJI, 3IOXDAY, JUNE 1, 1008.

ARESMITH WAS AH AWFUL STINGY MAN

He Allowed the Huntington Aggregation but Three Scratchy Bingles. RICHMOND WINS SHUTOUT. OUTFIELDERS WERE GIVEN PLENTY TO DO DURING THE COURSE OF THE GAME AND JESSUP'S MEN WORKED NICE. I. O. LEAGUE STANDING. Won. Lost. Pet .571 ..VK .47i .1.V Huntington, 12 Van Wert 12 Muncie 1 Richmond 10 12 11 12 Results Sunday. Richmond 5, Huntington 0. Van Wert 3, Muncie . Games Tuesday. Richmond at Van Wert. Huntington at Muncie. Richmond, 5; Huntington, 0. (By Jack.) "Slim" Aresmith was all the candy In the game against Huntington at Athletic park, and so disgusted was Manager Jack Smith with the way in which his darlings misbehaved that he called them down while the crowd hooted. When Slim made his last heave in tho ninth only three of the scratchiest kind of bingles had been made off his delivery and not a tally had been scored. Guess the lanky cross fire artist i.sn't there with the goods. Ho was inclined to be somewhat wild and not very polite in the way he nailed tho horsehide into the Huntingtonian spareribs, but these Klips never proved dangerous. Aresmith's companions on the lot were fctrong behind him, and wielded the willow with good old fashioned style. Victory by the shutout rout was especially sweet and the fact that the home boys cirled the route five times in their eight chances, was very gratifying. The day was dark and the w ind blew with a strong reminder of tho frigid zone. The "loyal" among the fans, were all there and they numbered about 1,000. Tho sun broke through the clouds each time a score was made and this fact seemed to indicate to the visitors that it was not their day to win. They had men on bases repeatedly, but each time the third sack was reached. Old Lengthy applied an extra portion of hotball and there wa3 rothIns doing but strikeouts or pop flies. The fans were glad to see the way in which Jessup's warriors were working. The only bobble was made by Cap Parker on his first chance. It was an easy catch of a fly ball back of first. Cap was camped upmier it with hands up. but over confidence polled everything and he dropped the ball. That was in the first inning and nary another miscue was made. Bambaugh did beautiful work in his chances at third. Ho handled two of tho !meanest kind of bounders by taking the ball against his chest. It was any !way to get in front of them and he succeeded. The infield men had little to do. Jessup, Cameron, Bambaugh and Aresmith composed almost all of the inner works and the outfielders did the rest. Bauman and Parker had the easiest day of the season. Bauraan had one put out and Parker's only chance beside the one he missed, was en assist. Shinn and Hurst elbowed "Pierce out of the way of fly balls and each took three, while Gloomy could get but two. One of these was the Jirettiest catch of the. game, however, tflm took It running at right angles to the ball and at full speed. Parker's title's work more than made up for his tniscue. He was to bat five times 'end on four occasions reached flrct tafely. Three times he arrived at the Initial corner as the result of safe Dingles through the infield and the iwiui iiuio (.ruouui u ii it-u inc miuiift pame and stuck one in Cap's anatomy, JBambaugh batted an even l.W. He Secured two hits and twice was given Tree transportation. Shinn's two bagfrer scored two runs. Richmond was long on sacrifices. Cameron and Shinn did the magnanimous twice and Hurst contributed one gift. The crowd expected much of Home Run Haggerty Bauman, but his only hit was a slow one on the diamond. Patsy fanned the first time up. much to his own chagrin and the disappointment of the fans. -.Richmond scored in the first frame, rarker hit, was sacrificed by Cameron and scored on Hurst's single. There was nothing more doing in the scoring department until the sixth.

Bambaugh hit safely for the second ' Van Wert 1 O 1 1 o O O O 03 time and moved up on Shinn's sacri-! Muncie o 0 o o o O 0 o OO fice, Jessup hit to Strands, who boot-1 Earned runs -Van Wert 3. Sacried the ball and then threw it over fice hits H. Bambaugh, Burns, ConkFowler. Bambaugh scored and Jeo- lin, Durham, Campbell 2. Stolen bases eup stopped at second. Aresmith ! Durham. F. Gregory. Moore. Three flied to Donavan. but Parker was there ' base hit Gillis. Two base hit Harwith the bingle that scored Shorty. din. Bases on balls-Off Hay 2. Left Cameron breezed. i on bases Van Wert Muncie ". Wild Two more came in the seventh. pitch Hay 2. First on errors Van Bauman walked and Hurst sacrificed , Wert 1; Muncie 1. Struck out by Hay him. Pierce fouled out to Fogle. Bam- 3: by Moore 1. Double plays Gregobauch was ticketed to first as a dead- ry to Stewart, to Carmony, Hardin to head and Shinn rapped one to right Carmony. Time 1:2.". Umpirefield fence. The little outfielder iloore. Attendance 2.20O. could have taken three, but stopped i

with two bags covered. The bases were cleared by his drive. The double umpire system was tised. j Mason and Romaine officiated and the I crowd was satisfied. The players did j not enter any protests, although there' were a few close decisions. I The hits Huntington secured were! scratchy, with but one exception. Fow-1 ler's blngle in the first was clean. Fo- j gle hit one in the seventh that made! a bad bound over Aresmith's head. I

Affairs of the

(By Tort.) j I Richmond is scheduled to play aj series of three games at Van Wert be- j ginning tomorrow. Of late it has been j the policy of the various magnates to', shift the schedule in such a manner i that at the present time no one ap- J pears to knew where they are "at." j The schedule as it was originally draft-; ed provided that each team should play an ec.ual number of games with each of the other teams. This arrangement has now been knocked alley west. In drafting a four club schedule, especially one where a team : like Van Wert has to play at home every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- j day, it is impossible no, to have some1 "repeaters," that is have Richmond for instance, play two successive ser ies at van Wert. 1 ae magnates no

not appear to understand this and noming ro say, ronseuuemo mm have been trying to avoid the impos-, in the players were all smiles, sible, consequently the schedule as it' Plim Aresmith pitched a great game now stands is not worth the paper it yesterday. The Huntington bunch is is printed on. The shifts in dates have a hard-hitting outfit and for any iwirbeen made with but one object in l--r to hold t;iem to three hits is quite view to give the fans at Van Wert j a t-at. Before going into The box a different attraction each week. Rich-1 Aresmith complained of a sore arm. mond was to have played at Muncie i "If at any time you want to miss your last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-! regular turn in the box don't complain day but the locals were side-tracked to , of a sore arm, hecause then I will be Van Wert, consequently Richmond will j sure to pitch you," Manager Jessup

not make its first appearance of the season at Muncie until Juno 26, 27 and 28. President Gamble states that he will call a loague meeting some day this week. Such a meeting is an absolute necessity as it will be necessary to take some drastic action to secure, national protection for the league. It is known that several local players are beins tampered with by organized while Slim was waiting for it. Strands is credited with a hit on a drive that Aresmith stopped, but the ball was too hot for him to hold and Bauman could not relay it to first quick enough to catch the runner.

Huntington. AB. R. H. O. A. E. Donavan, cf., . . 4 O O 3 o O Bergwald, ss . . 4 O 0 2 2 1 Keudall, rf., ... 3 o rt 0 Fowler, lb., ... 3 1 12 O O Smith, If 4 o O o Fogel, c 4 o 1 7 o Strands, 2b., . . .". 1 o 1 WitharUi Kb.. . 3 n o 3 O Goshorn, p 2 0 O G 0 Totals .. .30 O 3 2i 11 2 Richmond. AB. R. O. XT E. Parker, 2b 4 1 3 O 1 1 Cameron, lb., .3 O O 11 O Bauman, ss., . . 3 1 1 1 0 O Hurst, cf. 3 O 1 3 0 0 Pierce, rf 4 0 O 2 0 O B'baugh, 3b., ..2 2 2 O f O Shinn. If 2 O 1 3 O 0 Jessup, c 4 1 O 7 O 0 Aresmith. p., . . 4 O o O 3 0 Totals .. .29 5 S 27 9 1

By innings: Richmond 1 O O O O 2 2 O x-5 Huntington . . . .O o o o O o O O ) Earned runs Richmond 1. Two base hit Shinn. Bases on balls Off Goshorn 4, off Aresmith 1. Hit by pitched ball- Kendall, Parker. Struck out By Aresmith 5, by Goshorn 3. Sacrifice hits Cameron 2, Hurst, Shinn 2, Fowler. Stolen bases Bauman, Bambaugh. Left on bases Huntington 6. Richmond !. Umpires Mason and Romaine. Time of game 1:24. Attendance l.OOO. MUNCIE SHUT OUT. Van Wert Bunches Hits Game. and Wins Muncie, Ind., June 1. Muncie secured the same number of hits as Van ! Wert did yesterday but could not place them. Van Wert bunched hits and won easily, : to O. In the third Inning Conklin and Campbell worked the squeeze play. Tho game ws an interesting one for the big crowd to witness. Summary: Van Wert. Conklin, 3b Stewart, ss.,

AB. R. H. O. A. E. .3 1 0 0 2 0 .312100 .4 O O O O O ..3 O 2 O O O . 2 0 0 4 O 0 .4 O O 14 1 O .4 1 1 4 n o . 4 0 2 4 4 O .4 0 1 0 3 1 .31 3 S 27 10 1 AB. R. iH. O. A. E. :; o i o .4 o 2 13 o 1 ..4 1 1 0 .4 O. () T 1 O . . 1 O O O O .. 4 o 4 3 1 , . 3 3 2 O ,.3 2 4 ..3 O 1 O 4 O .32 0 S 27 13 1

Durham. If., . Campbell, cf., Carmony, lb.. HHTdm, C i Gregory, 2b.. j Moore, p., Totals j Muncie. j H. B'baugh, s j Wills, lb., .. j Gillis. rf ; Wolfe, c, ... Hall, cf J. B'Baugh, Burns, 2b., Beck, 3b., . Hay, p., If. Totals By innings: The Tired Ones. Scots Minister (visitiug invalid dea com I'm sorry ye missed my sairmoa on predistinution last awbatL, deacon. I speke witj great freedom twa hours and feefty raeenutes. Deacon (sympathetically) EL. nion, but ye must hae been tired. Scots Minister Na. na; 1 was us fresh as a rose, but ye should have seen the congregation. Dundee Advertiser.

Sporting World

clubs. Two Huntington players are being sought and it is suite probable that several Muncie and Van Wert players have been offered tempting inducements to join national protection clubs. Ilase ball players are keenly sensative to the jeers or plaudits of the fan. Saturday afternoon when some of the hammer wielders abused the home team because Fleming, acting as umpire, made a poor decision at the plate, the gloom around tha home bench was thick enough to cut with a knife. "When we are on the road we set The hot end of every decision and when at home an umpire gives us the best of a questionable decision the fans holler," is the way one of the players put it. Yesterday the fans rooted loyally for the Quakers and the knockers had informed the lengthy box artist after the game. Jim Pierce robbed Jack Smith of a sure three-bagger yesterday by a beautiful catch in right center. Pierce with his back to the stands reached up both hands and gathered it in. Johnny Bambaugh played a beautiful game at third. The little one has the class on all the other third baggers in the league. BOSTON WHS OVER CENTERVILLE Game Was Fast and esting. InterCenterville, Ind., June 1. A good sized crowd saw the home team go down in defeat yesterday at the hands of the Boston team by a score of 3 to 2. The game was fast and extremely interesting. BATTLE WILL BE TO FINISH No Fancy Work in PapkeKetcheil Bout. Chicago, June 1. There is not going to be any fancy work about Thursday night's battle in Milwaukee between Billy Papke and Stanley Ketchell about that really will decide the middleweight championship of America. Both men are sluggers, pure and simple, and neither is going to display much skill after the first punch is sent home. And it may be that first punch that will decide the will. Papke already has worn out three training partners and has decided to quit training altogether now as his hands are in perfect shape and there is no use of taking any chances with rather fragile knuckles. Ketchell is training out on the Whitefish Bay road to the north of Milwaukee and will have to work like a fiend to make the weight of 154 pounds at 3 o'clock. 1 IS POSTPONED Blackburn and O'Brien Meet June 10th. Philadelnhia. Pa. .Tnn 1 Tho r.v. j ing match between Jack O'Brien and j Jack Blackburn who was scheduled i for next Wednesday at the National i Athletic Club, this city, has been post- ' poned for one week. This action was I made necessary through an injury to O'Brien's foot. O'Brien visited Dr. ! Care yesterday and the latter thought ; it advisable for O'Brien to ask for a 1 week's postponement of the bout. Billy McCarthy brought Harry Edwards ' a certificate from Dr. Care and after consultation with Blackburn's managi er, it was agreed to set the date for j the bout back for one week, and it will therefore not take place till June : 10th. WASHINGTON WILL BE OILMUCING Predicted It Will Be the Best Territory in the Union. Seattle, Wash., June 1. That Washington will be the premier oil producing state in the union within three years is the confident prediction of J. W. Frank, the well known promoter with holdings in Kansas. Texas. Oklahoma and California. Mr. Frank is in Seattle, looking up leases on lands which he thinks contain much oil. Mr. Frank after locating a series of oil-wells in West Virginia for an English syndicate, will begin drilling operations in the western part of Wash-

SPRINGFIELD BEATEN j ! , , d,.

oanwmge buy Skids Under the Ohio Team. THE SCORE WAS 3 TO 1. Cambridge City, Ind., June 1. Despite the fact that the sky was full of big black clouds wh'ch looked like they were full of rain, more than 500 loyal fans gathered at Capitol hill park Sunday afternoon to witness a double header, and urge both local teams to victory. In the contest between the Grays and the Springfield, Ohio, Arcades the home lads pur the rollers under the visiters and carried off tho honors easily. The score was 3-1. Shiverdecker was nicked to do the work for the Grays and was able to deliver the goods in fine style. It should have been a shut out game but for a costly error on the part of third baseman Knapp in the. eighth frame, when the visitors had the bases full, with two men down, Swanton hit to Knapp. who fielded the ball nicely but was momentarily bewildered and attempted to throw the runner out at home, making a muss of It by throwing it low, when his play was merely to step back on the third sack, which would have retired the side without a run. The Arcades put up a good article of ball but are exceedingly slow in their team work at crucial times. Swanton, their slabman was undoubt edly outclassed by his teammates, had he been able to qualify properly the Grays would not have had such easy sailing. The summary follows:

Gray's .AB. R. H. O. A. E. j Caldwell, 2b.. .3 0 2 3 2 0 Kelly, ss 2 0 1 0 2 0 Wise, c 4 0 1 0 2 0 Gilbert, rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 Knapp, 3b 4 1 1 1 2 1 Ridge, cf 2 1 0 0 0 0; Weaver, lb. . . .3 0 1 16 0 1 Enyeart, If. . . .2 0 0 0 0 0 Shiverdecker, p. 3 0 1 2 10 0 Totals 27 3 9 23 18 2' Springfield AB. R. H. O. A. E. Yohner, 3b. ...4 1 2 0 5 0 Fish, ss 4 0 3 2 1 2 Kelly, If 3 0 1 1 0 0, Swanton, p. ...4 0 1 2 2 01 Katz, lb 4 0 0 13 0 0 Collins, c 4 0 0 0 0 Oj Nelson, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 Cooney, 2b. . . .3 0 1 2 5 1 ' Mahonning, cf. 2 0 0 2 0 0! ! Totals 32 1 8 22 13 3

Bases on balls Off Shiverdecker 2; i off Swanton 2. Struck out By Shjverdecker 5; bv Swanton 1. Two base ' hits-Wise, Gilbert. Weaver, Fish, Kelly. Sacrifice hits-Kellv 2, Ridge, i Weaver, Enyeart, Mahonning. Stolen ! bases Caldwell 2. Kelly, Gilbert, Yohner, Fish. Umpire Goar. Time 1:23. LITTLE GIANTS WON. New Lisbon Shut Out by Cambridge Team. It was a shut out that was handed' the New Lisbon first team by the Lit-! tie Giants, in the preliminary game vesterdav afternoon at Gnnitol Tfill park. Scott who has been pitching; phenomonal ball for the Giants this ; season held the visitors to a minimum of six hits and struck out 9 men. It was an interesting game throughout. ! Score by innings: vjiarus u u u u u i 1 U X o N. L 0 0 0 0 0 n 0 0 00 HE EATS DRY FEED One of Starters in Great English Derby Raised Peculiarly. HORSEMEN INTERESTED London. June 1. In the English derby, which will be run next week, the great August Belmont colt. Nor - man III. and the Vanderbilt starter. Seasick II, Mill have to meet in competition a horse raised entirely on dried milk and a small quantity of hay. This thoroughbred is Azote, which will be started by J. R. Hatmaker. an American who raised him. Azote is the most remarkable horSe i in the country. He has never eaten a grain of corn or oats, his food from birth being dried milk and hay. He has been raised on this as an experi- , ment of a scientific character. Hatmaker has been experimenting for years and he claims in dried milk he has found the greatest of all horse toods. The experiment is interesting horsemen throughout the country and the race of Azote will be watched with interest. CINCINNATI TEAM EASILY DEFEATED X Y Zs Score Victory Over East Norwood's. At Beallview park yesterday afternoon the X Y Z team easily defeated the East Norwood team of Cincinnati. The visitors were not as strong as they had been represented to be. Aj fair sized crowd witnessed the contest The feature of the game was a fast double play pulled off by the home team. Score: East Norwood.. 00001010 02 ! The X Y Zs 3 10 11111 x 9 Benover, Arant and Weber; Wessel 4 Zjra.

A FAMOUS DETECTIVE The Rise, the Achievements and

the Fa of M. Vi( Vidocq. GREAT FRENCH POLICE SPY. His Career as a Coiner, a Burglar and the Associate of Thieves He Knew the Secrets of More Than Half of the Criminals In Paris. "The fellow has made his escape by the roof:' A little band of Parisian poli.-e had paid a surprise visit to a uj!':in. dirtj house hi one of the most distvpnta ule parts of Paris It was about 3 oVIock in the morning when an orhVer tapped at the door and demanded admittance of the trembling person who opened it. Slipping past him. they crept swiftly and noiselessly up the rickety stairs to the door of a room, opened it and rushed in. Rut the bed in which they had expected to tiud their man was empty. He must have beard them stealing up the stairs and escaped by the window. The officer In charge of the party looked out. In the darkuess he could distinguish notbing. But the man must be there. His clothes still lay beside the bed, where he had cast them down when he had retired the night before. Some of the most daring of the ofilcers crawled out after him. while others went for ladders to reach the roof from the street. The man must be caught! He was found nt last. Crouching down and seeking to hide himself among the chimney stacks, the officers pounced upon him. A short time later he was before one of the chiefs of the police. "Good day, M. Henri," he said, salut ing the stern looking official. "Some one has once more betrayed me into your hands." "You are accused of being in league with coiners and passers of bad mon ey." said the official. "What have you to say?" "Only that I am innocent, monsieur, though the people In the house where I lodged were guilty of such practices. I had the honor of calling on monsieur some time back and of saying that I could put it in his power to : clear Paris of such scoundrels." j The man the officers had found upon the roof and who addressed those words to the police official was one Vidocq, a man destine! to become famous as one of the greatest detec-! tives of modern times. i Vidocq had been concerned for years past in all manner of rogueries, ne had received various terms of lmpris-! onment. lie was regarded as one of ; the most dangerous of the hundreds of criminals that threatened the hon-1 est citizens of Paris. lie was daring, ; full of resource, a man of marvelous physical strength and audacity. Upon ! two Previous occasions his accomplices had- knowing how much the police val- j ued hls cape. betrayed him into tne,r hands- ThIs Was the mrd tlme Vidocl hd so uffere4 Two could j 1 . Jr .. f 1Inr! " nii1 VMrwn "mnl-o mo one of your agents, and I swear to put you in possession of the secrets of half the criminals in Paris." The offer was a tempting one, for the Parisian police were then baffled by criminals of all descriptions, and Parisians were crying out for more efficient guardians, "We see-" reP!Iel the official, A short time later Vidocq found hirai Ke,f In Pnson, condemned to serve a sentence of eight years. But that mis-: erable convict sentenced to that terrl-' ble sentence was really a police spy. ! He was popular with the other con- j victs and learned all their secrets. Each night be used in his cell to write , out nn account of the discoveries be ! had made dudng the day. The report was dispatched to the chief of the police and proved remarkably useful. One day the criminal world of Paris amazed and joyful over the marous escape of Vidocq from prison. They received him with open arms. J As a matter of fact, the authorities i had come to the conclusion that Vidocq 1 could be much more useful to them ! outside than in that grim place. His escape had all been planned. Vidocq , returned to his associates as a hero, i In fact, he was a spy a spy with the ' keenest eyes, the most alert ears, the j most subtle brain, to learn all the v.U- ; lainy going. ' It was wonderful what ill luck be- ; gan henceforth to dog the criminals of Paris. All their plans came in some mysterious manner to the ears of the police. Was it Vidocq who betrayed i them? Some of them were so convinced of it that at last Vidocq found it necessary to disguise himself and act the part among them of a new hand in crime. A consummate master of disguise, he went amonc them, still unsuspected, in his new role. . lie was certainly one of the most useful fellows that the police had ever bad as an f.ily. "Vidocq." snid M. Henri to him one day. "we must find that fellow Posard. the man who has escaped from the prison at Brest. He is in Paris, biding somewhere. His lodging is in a house in a bystreet near to a market S

rrSWILL SPEND HER

place. And there are tnins to the window the snme house there lives a woman j with a humped back. That is all I can i tell you a!oiit the fellow -all I have ; been able to learn." It was r. rattle clew to work on. Vidocq. anxious to distinguish himelf. set orl. A window with yellow curtains, a woman with a humped b.i'k! For weeks he walked about Paris searching for such a window in a house in which lived such a female. n fonnd Ir at last. Th hump backed lady was a seamstress, and Vidocq made himself so agreeable to her that he quickly le-srned all about the lodgers iu the building Fossard under another name, of course tenanted a room at the top of the building How was he to be got at? He w.:s ,i man of prodigious stron-th. a man wb. bad vowed be would never be take alive, a man who always carried firearms, ready to slay any one who might seek to take him. "Such a man is best taken in his bed. M. Henri." suggested Vidocq. The only difficulty was how it was to be managed to tskehjrm so. Foscard. In: spite of .his beine aucb a

: He ued to keep a bottle of eau de cologne in his room. That scent wa to prove his undoing. It is not the only occasion that perfume has proved disastrous to criminals who have la dulled in it. A few nights later, when Fostard was in hed and fast asleep, he was awakened by a timid knock at Lis door. Call u: out to know what he ;;s disturbed for. he beard a timorous child's voice In reply. It inform ed ! rd that the knocker was . olittle l.o. !ir- nephew of a v on tl. lii-xt tVor who had U-en taken vety i i mid !: had scut the child to 1 eC V. I'o -.ird to .end Lor his tot::of .:.! do i-oio'io Isani rop .1 round for the i.ott!e and with it in U. hand t',:vw open the dor Vidn and his iu-ipers wore on him iu an stan:. "The most . terrible man in Paris" such Ifcame the description anion . the danjrerous classes of idooj. uov a re' -ogtrzed agent of the j ice. He was Lot regarded wph favor ! members of the detective orvice. Thi m'.i:ht well. Indeed, look askance at man wi.b. such a record. "I have never caught any erimlmi who more deserved imprisonment t'i;r M. Vld.x-q." protested nn indignant of ticer to M. Henri one day. But Vidoctj was too useful to N hastily set aside. Never had the cri-.u ir.a'is of Paris such a bad time as the were now enjoying with Vidocq in detect P e force. He organized the first really etficlen' detective service on the continent. Tlu task of selecting twehe assistants wa con tided to ban. Vidocq chose tin majority of them from the cleverest thieves he knew. Those that had been pickpockets he made wear gloves. It was Impossible for them to iudulce in i their former bad habits while wearing : those fashionable articles. Tall, of magnificent physique, with ! what Is known as an "open" counte nance, witli large twinkling blue eye; I and a mouth that seemed to be ever I ready to break Into good natured 'auter. Vidocq was perhaps the las! man la the world to be taken for a de tectlv. "I always regretted," he declared once, "that my duty prevented me from cultivating a mustache, but it would 1 a sad hindrance to my disguising my self. I had to give the idea up. Criminals would have got to know that mustache of mine." So he remained a close shaven mac to the end of his days. Perhaps there never was a more euergetie disgulser than Vidocq. He relied upon his marvelous facility in making up to utterly bewilder the professional criminals he had to deal with. In one day's hard work he assumed no fewer than twelve wholly distinct disguises! He went when he was not In disguise, constantly armed. A pistol lay ready to his hand in a pocket of hia handsome clothes, and a dagger wa concealed in the front of his coat At the end of ten years' service he retired. The news spread all over Farls. Vidocq, who bad made the police of Paris more feared than they had ever been before, was actually in the hauds of the police! He bad after his retirement from the force established a private inquiry office, and clients of all kinds flocked (a him. Then be opened an agency for the protection of shopkeepers and merchants against fraudulent customers. He had as many as 8,000 customers on his books when the police arrested him, and he was now accused of having in many cases become the ally of the very people from whom he was supposed to be protecting his customers. He was found guilty and sentenced to eight years' Imprisonment. When he at last got the conviction reversed Vidocq found himself a ruined man. One of the attractions at a place of entertainment In Loudon years ago was M. Vidocq. The great detective had taken to the stage! Enormous au diences came to see tt? strange man., who related his extraordinary experi j ences and seemed like a dozen differ : ent men upon the stage by his marvel-: ous quickness In changing his appnr unce. One day in IS." a white haired, fee ble. mumbling old man lay dying In a bed In the garret of a house in a ! miserable Paris street He was Vidocq j the marvelous detective! Helpless, in i poverty, dependent on the charity of friends, the once terrible man lay there awaiting the approach of death. Almost his last word, according to on ' who attended on him. were. "You ar my prisoner." London Tit-Bits. Why He Was Excueed. At the Dublin city sessions one morning a juror prayed to be excused and said he had a doctor's certificate that j he was not fit to serve. lie handed tip a closed envelope to the recorder, who found it contained a letter from a well j known Dublin medical man. Amid j jrrnt laughter In court the recorder j read this letter aloud: j "This man has been asking for a cer tificate thnt he is unable to serve aa a juror. I don't know whether he Is n knave or a fool, but he has little brain ind he reeks of porter." S2.000.000 FOB OTHERS Mrs. Ralston to Build a Sanitarium. Big Denver. Col.. June 1. Renouncing oarthly pleasures and disdaining to spend her time in luxury and idleness notwithstanding t'.-.e fact that ?'ne has just fallen heir to f 2.'V",iVK. Mrs. Anna Hecht Raiston. widow of a wealthy hotrd proprietor and formerly a trained r-'i.se, has anno-mced that she will establish a gigantic sanitarium and spend laree sums in fighting tuberculosis. Indeed, Mrs. Ralston will spend her time and fortune in fighting consumption. She is very reticent about her plans, but has confirmed the report of her charitable intea.'ons. Mrs. Ralston is a graduate of W'ellesley and of the Baptist hospital In Chicago.

despf -ate criiuiuaiT was a tit of a fop

ASEA PICTURE CRITIC

He Knew All About Ships and the Wild Ocean. ART COMMENTS OF A SAILOR The "Death cf Ne!on" Reminded Him of How 'Arkneii Com Off th Main Yard The Blood Red Sky Without Cloud That Foretell a Storm. Crude perhaps and curious, the outtome of a life apart, sailormen have yet an appreciation of the arts, writes David W. lVue in the Manchester ( 1 r.a rdian. (hue in the Walter gallery I was looking at "The Death of Nelson." Thi-ro was a man with the look of a seaman standing near. He had a slight smell of drink aud w as chewing tobacco. He. tv was interested In the picture, and. recognizing me as seamanlike, lie ssid something, and we got to talking tttxmt Nelson and his times, nbout ships and pictures. "B'gaii. ' mate, them fellers'' (the painters he i:-.e;inr "knowed what they wu a d dn". Iook nt that 'ere srlim" (lanfornt. "Iooks as Its trlmmln' was forgot w'en they brought th' admiral down. An them eyes." pointing to a wounded seaman in the near j foreground, "them's th' eyes o' poor 'Arkness wot come off th' inaln yard las' voyage an' at ruck tb' fife rail full on!" He told me of the accident, how It happened, and by his eyes and rude, pimple speech I saw it all. As plain before me as the figure of the triekea seaman I saw 'Atkness come off th' main yard, clutching wildly at th sheets and lifts as he fell. I taarcl him strike the rail with a sickening thud and lie stretched. I saw the running figures on the deck, and " never larsted th' night. We buried lm out there. Taltal it was," said my speaker, involuntarily twisting a shoulder to an imaginary southwest. There was a sea picture, a ship coming up to the Isle of Wight clean curving sails, a good sense of movement aud a fine, breezy atmosphere. "Jest wot it is," said my friend. " 'omeward bound. Let 'er go, boysH a burst of enthusiasm that made som visitor glance around, alarmed. '"Omeward bound it is'." There were other fine pictures, but we did not feel that we had a right to do more than look at them and admire. With sea pictures it was different. They were our world, and who had the right to criticise the way a ea was moving off the sky If we had not? Too often had we watched, anxious eyed, for a break In the clouds not to know the way of wind on the water, the scud of a cloud breaking free In a welcome ahlft. Well we knew the curve of a standing sail and the relatiou it bore to the sense of movement For a city of the sea Liverpool baa no great representation of her foremost industry on her ch.imber walls. Sea pictures have apparently no attraction for her chlefest citizens. There was little call for sea critics downstairs, so we went to an exhibition of modern art in the upper galleries. Here we found ourselves properly confronted. "Setting Sail After a Blow" It was. a large canvas, a ship pitching heavily in the swell of a recent gale and the crew putting the canvaa on her. It held a great message for my mate (black smoke and an ever throbbing screw had not yet dulled hi sea fancy). He was highly pleased. "Them seas wot ye gets off th Plate!" lie wanted to show some word of cheer, to 6wing his right hand to the left shoulder in seamanlike admiration, but the i cold gray eye of a tall hatted official ! was upon us "Huh. sailors!" and there was a group of young ladiea near by worshiping at the shrine of a corporation purchase, so be contented himself by nudging me furiously. "That'a wot I calls a picture," be aaid. A sunset over water claimed our attention. A blood red sky with no clouds, only a slight density near the; horizon. I said It was remarkable, perhaps unreal. "That' where ye ain't in It. mister! Look a here! If ye w os f take all th colors In th locker so's ye 'ad lots o' red an' yeller In. ye'd find a sky t match it Ain't ye( never 'eard o' what them dago call i blood o' Chris' them dago wot loads ye ballest In th' Plate?" I bad not heard. "Well, it's a sky like that an It comes afore one of them 'pamperos. "Min' 1 wos lyin' in Monte Video oncet, an' we 'ad a sky all blood red an' never a cloud, an th fishin' boats wos all comln" in; not rowin shipshape, same 's me au you 'ud do; them shovln th' oars 's if they wos pushln u barrer." lie spat into a dark corner nnd said something more about dagos. then continued: "Nex' day we 'ad a gale. 'Owl In', it was, an' her drivin into it same s we wos off th Horn, an' a big German bark drlv' down on us an took th" fore to'gal'n'raast out o 'er an' th' boom an started all th 'eadgar. Two ships wos driv" ashore, an' that's wot comes out o' them skiea wot they calls th' blood o' Chris'." It was an impressionist picture that annoyed my mate an impression of a scene in dock, with masts and funnels and bails ail mixed up. The coloring was good, but the ships might hae been ninepins or egg boxA or anything. At first he whs erplexed. then arr.nsH.I. then indignant. "Oh. !" he said. "What's this? Ships b'gad. or I'm a I 'ut. h:i:an!" He burst into a fit cf rude l.iutbter. "Sbip it is. mister, an' look at them tawpsT yards! Shipa wi' tawps'l yards below the main, an a hangman's gib!et fer th mizzen gaff. Them fellers 's got some cheek, mate. That's wot 1 3li( it cheek t' te jaintin' thing like that 'Oly aailor! Look ct them." Back to the Colonial Dr. A. O. Martin Dentist i now permanently located in Colonial Blk. with a thorough up to date electrical equipped dental office. A share of your patronage is solicited. 2-7t